Microsoft Office heads to the Web

The next version of the flagship office productivity suite will feature a lightweight version in the cloud

Lightweight Office via the cloud

Lightweight Office via the cloud
When the next version of Office ships, Microsoft plans on making a cloud-based version available for what it calls "lightweight" editing, such as to edit spreadsheets. These apps will have a subset of the desktop Office functionality.
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    Lightweight Office via the cloud

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    An extension to Office Live

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    A complement to desktop Office

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    Office apps in a variety of browsers

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    Following in Google's footsteps

October 28, 2008

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